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Plotinus (204/5-270 Ce) Was The First And Greatest Of Neoplatonic Philosophers. His Writings Were Edited By His Disciple Porphyry, Who Published Them Sometime Between 301 And 305 Ce In Six Sets Of Nine Treatises Each (enneads), With A Biography Of His Master In Which He Also Explains His Editorial Principles. Plotinus (204/5-270 Ce) Was The First And Greatest Of Neoplatonic Philosophers. His Writings Were Edited By His Disciple Porphyry, Who Published Them Many Years After His Master's Death In Six Sets Of Nine Treatises Each (the Enneads). Plotinus Regarded Plato As His Master, And His Own Philosophy Is A Profoundly Original Development Of The Platonism Of The First Two Centuries Of The Christian Era And The Closely Related Thought Of The Neopythagoreans, With Some Influences From Aristotle And His Followers And The Stoics, Whose Writings He Knew Well But Used Critically. He Is A Unique Combination Of Mystic And Hellenic Rationalist. His Thought Dominated Later Greek Philosophy And Influenced Both Christians And Moslems, And Is Still Alive Today Because Of Its Union Of Rationality And Intense Religious Experience. In His Acclaimed Edition Of Plotinus, Armstrong Provides Excellent

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Author

Plotinus, Paul Henry, A. H. Armstrong, Porphyry

Publisher

Harvard University Press : W. Heinemann

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674994843

Category

philosophy

Subjects

History, Social Science, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.22 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14